The THOR team

The core team consists of:

Robert F. Cahalan (NASA GSFC, Robert.F.Cahalan@nasa.gov): Project Scientist
Matthew McGill (NASA GSFC, Matthew.J.McGill@nasa.gov): Co-Investigator
Tamás Várnai (UMBC/JCET, Tamas.Varnai@nasa.gov): Co-Investigator
John Kolasinski (NASA GSFC, John.R.Kolasinski@nasa.gov): Co-Investigator
Ken Yetzer (UMBC/GEST, yetzer@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov): Research Analyst

The core team in March 2005. From left to right: Tamás Várnai, Robert Cahalan, Ken Yetzer, Matthew McGill, John Kolasinski

Important contributions to the THOR project were also made by:

Anthony Davis and Steve Love: scientific discussions
Robert Kolasinski and Mindy Schwasinger: laboratory experiments
Luis Ramos-Izquierdo: optical design
Ray DiSilvestre, Ken Cory, Stan Scott: mechanical engineeering, optical alignment
Dave Easmunt, Steve Spears, Willie Dykes, Mike Singer, Scott Dunn, Jim Liljegren, Peter Lamb, Jim Teske, Chad Bahrmann, and John Schatz: validation campaign
Cathy Newman, Nadja Hardy, and Marcy August: administrative support